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brooke husic

@xws.bsky.social

a. ladee (she/her) solved/wrote/edited yr crossword catch me at @puzzmo.com

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Orta Therox@orta.io · 5d ago

I want to see more @puzzmo.com accounts when I'm on Bluesky! Help me juke my stats, if you've hooked it up and got the label, but don't have a paid account; DM me your profile link over the next week and I'll gift you a year's sub (The link is in the dropdown when you click on your nav avatar)

Nick Suttner@nsuttner.bsky.social · 3w ago

Shook off some podcasting dust to join this ep since I wasn’t gonna miss a chance to gush about Brooke’s amazing work which has, frankly, made me give a shit about crosswords on a daily basis. Lots of wisdom in this chat about rethinking the status quo + building something fundamentally inclusive.

The Secret Lives of Games@secretlivesofgames.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ep. 157: Going Off-Grid with Brooke Husic (Puzzmo Crosswords) We chat with @xws.bsky.social about showrunning @puzzmo.com’s daily crossword, her prolific career as a constructor, the impact of cultural biases on puzzles, the perils of editing, and so! much! more!! secretlives.games/157-going-of...

The Secret Lives of Games@secretlivesofgames.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ep. 157: Going Off-Grid with Brooke Husic (Puzzmo Crosswords) We chat with @xws.bsky.social about showrunning @puzzmo.com’s daily crossword, her prolific career as a constructor, the impact of cultural biases on puzzles, the perils of editing, and so! much! more!! secretlives.games/157-going-of...

The Secret Lives of Games: 157: Going Off-Grid with Brooke Husic (Puzzmo Crosswords)

We chat with Brooke Husic (Puzzmo, New Yorker, A24) about creating, stewarding, and showrunning a daily crossword for the web-based puzzle phenomenon, Puzzmo. Our discussion covers Puzzmo's first 1,00...

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Orta Therox@orta.io · 4mo ago

Folks! We're hiring at @puzzmo.com again. Since launch, I think the majority of my time has been spent on B2B systems inside Puzzmo - and it's time to start handing over some of those responsibilities to someone We're currently the puzzles infra for a gazillion publishers and more are coming

brooke husic@xws.bsky.social · 4mo ago

spread the wordlist is a free resource for crossword constructors. @enriqueha.bsky.social has written a data-driven algorithm to compile answers we think are good from published crosswords. our goal is to remove the financial and/or time cost of curating your own wordlist 💜 spreadthewordlist.com

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brooke husic@xws.bsky.social · 4mo ago

another spread the wordlist update just dropped from me and @enriqueha.bsky.social! some new highly-scored faves: MAKI, KAWAII, RUDE BOY, LIVE JAZZ, LOX BAGEL, COME SAY HI, SO MUCH YES, TRIVIA TEAM, PARTY SCHOOL, POKEMON TRAINER, DECISION FATIGUE, OR SO IT WOULD SEEM 💜 spreadthewordlist.com 💜

Ben Zimmer@benzimmer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For this year's Crossword Con on Fri. Apr. 10, I'll be giving a talk on "Adventures in Gridspotting" at 11:15 am ET. Come join us in person (or watch the livestream)! www.crosswordcon.com

Puzzmo@puzzmo.com · 4mo ago

Today is the last day to buy in-person Crossword Con tickets! Join us in NYC for some great talks and a panel featuring representatives from companies that buy and license indie games made by people like you! 🌷 Link to tix, schedule, speaker & panelist info all here: www.crosswordcon.com

sincerely, rob dubbin@robdubbin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

they say don’t meet your heroes, but what about getting interviewed by your editors? well, i’m happy to say in this case it went great. here’s me interviewed by @xws.bsky.social for the puzzmo newsletter about my february mini crossword residency! link.mailer.puzzmo.com/view/65959cc...

BH: What inspires you to make a crossword? RD: LOL, I'd say right now my primary inspiration is having to make 28 of them in 28 days.
sincerely, rob dubbin@robdubbin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

thrilled to announce i’m doing a mini-crossword residency at @puzzmo.com all month! 28 tiny crosswords, one each day of february. i’ll thread them here, first up is CROSSOVER EVENT www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...

Puzzmo@puzzmo.com · 8mo ago

we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝 blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...

50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025

I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...

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